Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

Speech of Major-General Carl Schurz. Caption title. "Printed by the Union Congressional Committee." Imprint from colophon, page 16. Two columns to the page. FAU libraries' copy side stitched with cord.

Includes remarks by James S. Thayer and Hamilton Fish, pages 18-19. Imprint information from colophon. At top center on front cover, wood-engraving depicts ten people (one of whom is holding a large American flag and one of whom resembles George Washington) at the foot of a rocky hill. On top of the hill is a rotunda with 4 columns labeled, "Liberty." A statue of Liberty is inside the rotunda and, resting on the top of its dome, is an eagle holding in its mouth a banner reading, "E pluribus unum." The words, "Constitution & laws," are printed in large letters across the hill, and a rising sun and semi-circle of stars above it. Printed in two columns divided by single line. On back cover, publisher's advertisement for the daily, semi-weekly, and weekly Tribune, and for the New-York tribune for European circulation, with address of the Tribune Association.

Speech of Honorable Charles Sumner. Caption title. Imprint from colophon. Issued also with title: The slave oligarchy and its usurpations : outrages in Kansas, the different political parties, position of the Republican Party : speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, November 2, 1855, in Faneuil Hall, Boston. FAU copy with edges untrimmed and largely unopened.

Summary: The Northern Democratic Party perspective on the state of the Union. Criticizes the anti-slavery platform of Republican Party. Includes the resolutions, with the list of delegates. FAU copy has original printed wrappers; side stitched with cord.

Speech of Honorable John Sherman of Ohio. Notes: Caption title.Text in two columns.

Decries the newly formed Republican Party as a destructive force. Caption title: Duties of the Whigs of the American Union
Notes: Signed: National Whig. FAU copy imperfect: pages loose, all edges trimmed (to 21 cm).